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Cattle company bulldozing UNESCO site, threatening uncontacted natives

Europe says US and China emission targets don’t go far enough

Obama administration about to declare carbon dioxide a danger to the public, allowing regulation

The US will set emissions target, but is this a turning point for success at Copenhagen?

Gibson Guitar under federal investigation for alleged use of illegal rainforest timber from Madagascar

Actions taken to save sharks ‘disappointing’

ICCAT fails to protect critically endangered tuna—again

Costa Rica proposes to downgrade Las Baulas National Park, threatening leatherback sea turtles

Tiger rescued from poachers in Malaysia perishes from injuries

Illegal logging trade from Myanmar to China slows, but doesn’t stop

New reserve created in Cambodia with REDD in mind

Amazonian natives say they will defend tribal lands from Hunt Oil with “their lives”

Emotional call for palm oil industry to address environmental problems

Brazilian beef giants agree to moratorium on Amazon deforestation

Palm oil industry pledges wildlife corridors to save orangutans

EU biofuels policy undermines governance in Indonesia, alleges report

Brazil may ban sugarcane plantations from the Amazon, Pantanal

Fifteen indigenous leaders arrested in Borneo for protesting dams that would flood their lands

Independent review finds logging company has abused rights of indigenous Penan in Borneo

Economists, scientists warn that world crises require new order of international cooperation and enforcement

France announces carbon tax

Concerns over deforestation may drive new approach to cattle ranching in the Amazon

Could DNA barcodes help fight the commercial wildlife trade? [warning: graphic image]

Van Jones resigns amid controversy

Vietnam outsources deforestation to neighboring countries

The Pope: “creation is under threat”

World’s largest bat threatened with extinction due to legal hunting

Gold mining threatens world’s most infamous reptile, the Komodo dragon

Environmental disappointments under Obama

Idaho to allow 25 percent of its wolf population to be killed in one season

Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade

Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks during political crisis

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